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This "microscope" is like simple webcam. You can use software for
webcam, or med-imaging for medicine
photopc
This is a library and a command-line frontend to manipulate digital
still cameras based on Fujitsu chipset and Sierra Imaging firmware. The
program is known to work with Agfa, Epson and Olympus cameras. Should
also work with Sanyo, but this is untested.

The cameras typically come with software for Windows and for Mac, and no
description of the protocol. With this tool, they are manageable from a
UNIX box. Bruce D. Lightner email@removed has added support
for Win32 and DOS platforms. Note that the program does not have any
GUI, it is plain command-line even on Windows. For a GUI, check out
the phototk program.

med-imaging Cross-platform for visualizing, processing and analysing
of bioimages
GoFigure2 is an open-source, cross-platform application for
visualizing, processing and analyzing of multidimensional microscopy
data. Users can visualize, segment and track cells through time,
detect cell-division and ultimately generate lineages.